curricle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of curricle
1675–85; < Latin curriculum; see curriculum
Example Sentences
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My memory notes this well; because I recollected, when I saw it, that there was in the stable a horse fit to run in the curricle with this one.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
"There will be room enough in the curricle."
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
He had come upon the Squire's horses, which had been brought to a stand with the near wheels of the curricle wedged in the ditch.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
Little Celia was clamorous in her sorrow, when she saw me ascend the curricle, in which neither she nor Lucilla was to have a place.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
"Well I'm—darned," exploded the groom, and turned to fetch the curricle.
From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Georgette Heyer
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